IoT
Using InfluxDB and NODE-RED to Bring Your Data to Life
Putting your IoT data into a backend system is great. Being able to query and visualize your IoT data is even better. Making your IoT data actionable is, really, what should be the ultimate goal of an IoT data system. As...
Finding the Hidden Gems in Your Data: An IoT Demo
Being the New IoT Guy at InfluxData, it was sort of a given that I’d have to create some sort of large-scale IoT demo using the InfluxData stack. It just had to happen, and now it has. I’ll give you a...
The Smart Way to Collect IoT Data for Home Automation
No matter how many customers I talk to, I am still pleasantly surprised at the interesting products they develop and equally surprised at the creative ways that they incorporate InfluxData components into their solutions! One example of such creativity is with...
The InfluxData Blog Challenge
At the end of my first week here, fellow twitter user Michael Greene posted the following tweet: I couldn’t resist the opportunity, so I added some incentive and offered to send him some swag if he completed the challenge. He got...
Why An IoT Guy Joined InfluxData
It’s my first week here at InfluxData, and I’ve been asked “Why would this IoT guy join InfluxData?” a bunch of times. Well glad you asked! First, a little bit about me as an IoT guy, and then why I joined...
Running InfluxDB on an ARTIK-520 REDUX
David Simmons has written a great blog on his experience on running InfluxDB on an ARTIK-520 REDUX. What really amazed me is how quick he was able to download and get it running in 90 seconds! – Yes 90 seconds! First,...
How to Build an IoT Gateway with InfluxData and Balena
Note: Since this article has been written, resin.io has been renamed balena. Text occurrences of resin.io in the original article are now replaced by the updated name balena.io. Motivation In many IoT installations users want to collect all the data for a...
IoT Revolution, Smart Systems, and Our Planet
When people think of self-driving cars and the IoT Revolution, their thoughts turn to the very real, first-person experience: What will it be like to trust a machine to drive? Will it be safe? What if my car is hacked, or...
IoT Platform Use CaseSpiio Helps Green the World with InfluxData
A real world IoT Platform Use Case. Vertical gardens, or living green walls, are wall systems that provide a growing environment for plants on any interior or exterior wall surface. People construct these living walls because they purify and humidify the...
Sensor MonitoringProviding Clean Energy in Africa
Sensor Monitoring might seem like a very technical and boring subject, but this IoT use case was particularly inspiring because we are making a profound difference in the lives of hundreds of thousands of children in Africa. InfluxDB is part of...